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'Thunderbolts*' Lost Millions Despite Great Reviews. Where Does Marvel Go Next?

1 points by blindriver 1y ago

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_wire_ 1y ago
The screen writing AI barfed up a product that pleases critics AI, but they forgot about audiences? Let's go through the litany: - Moneygrab reboot - Disposes of all the old actors, except the one who always a bas relief and never really had a part of his own - Skeletal approach to continuing the franchise - Empty world; First because Endgame reprised The Leftovers and second because the world is literally empty - Actors bring lazy disinterested schtick instead of charisma to bear for parts written with no character - Pointless action - Plot is a drug / alcohol intervention managed by Trump's press secretary - No reason to care about what happens next in the franchise - Regards itself as merely a collection of tropes - Most interesting part doesn't rise even to a Star Wars "can you at least put on towel" moment But other than this what an incredible installment for a dead franchise!
ceejayoz 1y ago
> “Thunderbolts” was slightly cheaper, costing $180 million to make and closer to $100 million to market. > Still, “Thunderbolts*” needed to make $425 million worldwide to break even, a figure that seems unachievable. Where does the other $145 million go?
- magicalhippo 1y ago
  The movie theaters might want some to show it?
  - ceejayoz 1y ago
    Other way around. They rent the films from the distributor.
    - magicalhippo 1y ago
      I worded that exceptionally poorly. What I meant was, when I pay some money for a ticket, not all of that goes back up the chain. The movie theater keeps some of it, yet box office numbers are before that as I understand it[1][2]. [1]: https://stephenfollows.com/i/150400340/what-share-of-box-office-income-do-cinemas-keep https://stephenfollows.com/i/150400340/what-share-of-box-off... [2]: https://newsletter.oscars.org/news/post/bond-and-broccoli-all-in-the-family https://newsletter.oscars.org/news/post/bond-and-broccoli-al...

1 points by blindriver 1y ago

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The screen writing AI barfed up a product that pleases critics AI, but they forgot about audiences? Let's go through the litany: - Moneygrab reboot - Disposes of all the old actors, except the one who always a bas relief and never really had a part of his own - Skeletal approach to continuing the franchise - Empty world; First because Endgame reprised The Leftovers and second because the world is literally empty - Actors bring lazy disinterested schtick instead of charisma to bear for parts written with no character - Pointless action - Plot is a drug / alcohol intervention managed by Trump's press secretary - No reason to care about what happens next in the franchise - Regards itself as merely a collection of tropes - Most interesting part doesn't rise even to a Star Wars "can you at least put on towel" moment But other than this what an incredible installment for a dead franchise!

ceejayoz 1y ago

> “Thunderbolts” was slightly cheaper, costing $180 million to make and closer to $100 million to market. > Still, “Thunderbolts*” needed to make $425 million worldwide to break even, a figure that seems unachievable. Where does the other $145 million go?

magicalhippo 1y ago
The movie theaters might want some to show it?
- ceejayoz 1y ago
  Other way around. They rent the films from the distributor.
  - magicalhippo 1y ago
    I worded that exceptionally poorly. What I meant was, when I pay some money for a ticket, not all of that goes back up the chain. The movie theater keeps some of it, yet box office numbers are before that as I understand it[1][2]. [1]: https://stephenfollows.com/i/150400340/what-share-of-box-office-income-do-cinemas-keep https://stephenfollows.com/i/150400340/what-share-of-box-off... [2]: https://newsletter.oscars.org/news/post/bond-and-broccoli-all-in-the-family https://newsletter.oscars.org/news/post/bond-and-broccoli-al...